Pharmaceutical name: | Semen Myristicae Fragrantis |
Latin botanical name: 學名﹕ | Myristica cagayanensis Merr. |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音： | nikuzuku |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音： | yuktugu |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粤語發音： | yuk6 dau6 kau3 |
Other Names:別名﹕ | rou kou, yu kou, rou guo |
Common Name: 常用英文名﹕ | nutmegs |
Distribution: | Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Langka, Taiwan, Guangdong, Yunnan, West Indies, and Brasil. |
Properties characteristics:性味: | acrid, warm, toxic 味辛，性溫, 有毒。 |
Channels meridians entered: 歸經﹕ | spleen, stomach, large intestine 脾﹐胃﹐大腸 |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | Being used as astringent to the intestine to relieve diarrhea; and to invigorate digestion. Often being used in cold and deficient type of diarrhea, abdominal pain and flatulence, cold extremities, incontrollable diarrhea, lack of appetite and vomiting, weak digestion, vomiting and diarrhea due to parasites in children. External use: sprains and bruises from injuries. 有澀腸止瀉﹐溫中行氣的功能。用於虛寒久瀉不止﹐脘腹冷痛﹐氣滯脹痛﹐脾胃虛寒﹐手足厥冷﹐滑泄不禁﹐食少嘔吐﹐消化不良﹐小兒乳積吐瀉等。 外用﹕跌打瘀傷﹐關節扭傷。 |
Medical function: 藥理作用﹕ | improves digestion and appetite. 有增進食慾﹐促進消化作用。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | rou dou kou wine extract: soak the outer wrapping of the seeds in rice wine of high alcohol content. Let sit in room temperature for about a month. Usage: for massaging bruises and sprain from injuries. (source: family formula of editor) 豆蔻花(衣)酒 (外用)﹕肉豆蔻種子的外衣﹐晒乾。浸入三蒸米酒中。放於室內大約一個月左右。用於扭傷﹐跌打傷。按摩患處。(編者祖傳藥方) |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | Seeds contain: evaporating oil of 5 ~ 15 %﹐ fat of 25 ~ 40 %﹐ starch. Pinene Sabinene Camphene60~ 80% Myristicin ~ 4% Eugenol¡ Safrol Elemicin alpha-Thujene Carene Dipentene Geraniol Myristin40 ~73 % Olein 3 % Diarylpropanoid I, IV, V, VIII, X
Wrappings of the seeds contain: evaporting oil of 6 ~ 11 % Macilenic acid ( C14H26O2) Diarylpropanoid II, III, VI, IX, X the rest same as the seed
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Dosage: 用量: | 3 to 6 g 3～6克。 |
Cautions: 禁忌: | not to use in cases of: 以下情形忌服 |
Toxicity: 毒性： | large dosage can cause death. Ingesting 7.6 g can cause dizziness and stupor. 大量服用肉豆蔻種子可導致瞳孔放大﹐昏迷﹐驚厥﹔並有致死亡的報導。服用7.6 克可致使頭昏失知的報導。 |